Teacher of Geography
Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy, Cowes, Isle of Wight, PO31 8HB45 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
6 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
30 September 2024
Job details
Job role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Geography
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,650.00 - £49,084.00 Annually (FTE) Based on MPS1 - UPS3
Teacher of Geography job summary
At Cowes Enterprise College, we're not just educators, we're mentors, guides, and champions of lifelong learning. Our mission is clear: to nurture a love for learning and equip our students with the skills they need to thrive in life beyond the classroom.
Cowes Enterprise College is part of the Ormiston Academies Trust (OAT). OAT is one of the largest and longest standing trusts in the school system and is guided by our founder, Peter Murray's belief that every child deserves the chance to thrive.
With schools located across a diverse range of communities, each with it's own unique character, strengths and challenge, joining the OAT family means embracing a community that values collaboration, professional growth, and the pursuit of excellence. OAT strive to provide an exceptional working environment where all our staff can thrive and make a meaningful difference in the lives of pupils.
The Role:
We are looking for someone with a genuine passion for teaching, with experience teaching Geography across KS3, KS4 and KS5, with a commitment to fostering innovative teaching practices, and a desire to see every student reach their full potential. This position is full time, with a start date of January 2025.
Key responsibilities:
- Deliver engaging and inspiring lessons in Geography, stretching our highest attaining pupils.
- Collaborate with colleagues to raise standards and promote a culture of continuous improvement.
- Demonstrate a clear interest in developing teaching and learning practices through research and innovation.
What we're looking for:
- A qualified Teacher with expertise in Geography.
- A strong communicator and team player commited to raising attainment.
- Someone who shares our vision of educating for life and promoting the common good.
Why Choose Cowes Enterprise College?
We can offer you:
- A supportive community dedicated to professional development and staff wellbeing.
- Access to a wide range of resources and opportunities through our Academy Trust.
- Guidance, advice and support from both departmental and senior leadership team who all want to make a positive difference to the education of all our students.
- Automatic pay increments unlinked to targets.
We are keen to ensure that we support the physical and mental wellbeing of our staff, this pledge is further supported by our Staff Charter. Staff are provided with a laptop and many have their own classrooms. We offer access to an employee advice service which provides information, helpful resources, and a counselling service. Discounted membership is available for local leisure facilities which include a gym. A discount programme provided by the Ormiston Academies Trust for all staff. Staff are able to access travel discounts for ferries and we provide eye sight tests for VDU users and annual flu vaccinations. We are free parking on site and we also ensure that tea and coffee is available for you during breaktime!
Here's what some of our teachers say about working at Cowes Enterprise College;
"I moved to the island over ten years ago and I have thoroughly enjoyed living on the Island and working at Cowes Enterprise College. I enjoy the collaborative planning within the department and the opportunities to develop my teaching with CPD. The students are great to teach and my colleagues are supportive and friendly."
"Cowes Enterprise College is the school I wish I had gone to as a pupil. Staff are friendly, welcoming and hugely supportive. Students are humorous and have such an inspiring range of talents. The facilities are great and the opportunities offered to the students are thoughtful of their futures. At the end of the day it's also great to be able to take a moment to see the sea. Not many kids or adults get that."
How to Apply:
If your ready to embark on a rewarding journey with us and help shape the future of our students, we encourage you to apply today! The closing date for application is 6 January 2025 at 9am. Early applications are welcomed, as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.
Please include a section detailing how your qualifications, experience, and personal attributes align with the role.
Cowes Enterprise College is commited to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Ormiston Academies Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Flexible working opportunities will be considered.
All successful appointments will be subject to suitability checks in accordance with KCSIE, including identity, Right to Work, qualifications, Prohibition check, two references and enhanced DBS check including Children's Barred List.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilition of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, which provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions, can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilition-of-offenders-act-1974
Commitment to safeguarding
Cowes Enterprise College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Suitability checks will be undertaken in accordance with KCSIE, including identity, Right to Work, qualifications, Prohibition check, two references and enhanced DBS check including Children’s Barred List.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Cowes Enterprise College, An Ormiston Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1256 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
Rachel Kitley, Principal
Cowes Enterprise College, situated on the Isle of Wight, minutes from the mainland and international links yet also minutes from the beach, is a wonderful place to work.
The work of everyone at Cowes Enterprise College is defined by the children that we serve. Their future is our purpose and the purpose of everyone who works across the Ormiston Academies Trust. Educating for life is what Cowes Enterprise College is about: developing a love of learning and preparing students for life itself and all it presents to us. Our aim is for students to fulfil their limitless potential – through perseverance and effort.
We don’t select our students, but we do select our staff. We look for highly trained and dedicated staff to be here to support, guide and inspire our students so that whatever their starting point when they arrive, our students will leave with the world at their feet – equipped and ready to continue their learning through apprenticeships, at university and throughout their careers.
We aim to provide the best opportunities – academic, cultural and sporting – and a sense of moral and social responsibility so that each child realises that humanity is their business and the common good their aim. We take our mission to educate for life seriously and this is epitomised by the student entitlement to a key set of experiences summarised in the student charter. We provide our children with a rich and dynamic curriculum and draw upon our local context to show our pupils why they should be proud of our island.
You will be joining team that Ofsted said ‘focuses relentlessly on the quality of teaching and on the progress pupils make’ and should be prepared to do the same. We are proud of our strong results however recognise that there is much work yet to do and our high expectations mean this work will be relentless and ongoing. Our mission to educate for life doesn’t stop with our pupils.
We have a research driven approach to leadership, management and professional development. Taking what is best from the world of education and translating that into our classrooms. We also know that to have high expectations we also need to provide a high level of support for everyone in our community. That is why we have a staff charter, a public promise to all our staff, and make the most of our national network in order to develop staff. From September our professional development network will extend significantly as we work in partnership with HISP Teaching School Hub. We are the Isle of Wight base where we will deliver high quality nationally recognised and accredited courses by island teachers for island teachers. As part of this work we will also working with the HISP Research School and the Education Endowment Foundation to take part in cutting edge education research.
If you have not visited us before we have a comprehensive virtual tour which allows you to get a feel for our amazing facilities, along with a wealth of information on our website. We must succeed, because these are not just other people’s children. They are also our children. Not even one should be allowed to fail while there is more we could have done to change their story.
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